Born Pinoy: Filipino Hip-Hop and Manila’s vibrant tapestry

Step into the vibrant Pinoy street life through the tracks of  Ez Mil and Shanti Dope. Ez Mil’s Panalo (Trap Cariñosa) celebrates being Filipino, regardless of skin color or dialect. On the other hand, Shanti Dope’s Shantidope will let you dive into the vivid narrative of a Pinoy kid’s journey growing up in local neighborhoods.

To truly feel the essence of Manila, let the melodic tunes of Lola Amour’s Raining in Manila and Young Cocoa’s Manila transport you – whether you’re walking down the streets or just vibin’ on the sidewalks. You can also listen to the classics through the Best of Manila Sound playlist such as Hotdog’s Manila and APO Hiking Society’s Pumapatak Ang Ulan.

The “Spotify House” brings Filipinos’ listening to life

Immerse in a reimagined audio experience where music finds you

The leading audio platform has introduced “Spotify House”, a reimagined design experience that brings listening to life. Celebrating one’s music identity, Spotify spotlights its slate of playlists by working with local designers to turn the app into an imagined audio haven. Take a look inside the “Spotify House” and imagine what it's like if your favorite Spotify playlists become a music enclave.

Curated specially for Filipinos, the “Spotify House” showcases three much-loved music “rooms”: Hip-Hop, Nostalgia, and Rave. Each “room” is designed to capture Spotify’s in-app listening experience, where the right sounds and beats can find you “at every turn”, each time you press play.  

Dilaw’s “Uhaw (Tayong Lahat)” breaks Spotify record as the Philippines’ “Most Streamed Local Song in a Day”

Baguio-based indie-alternative band, Dilaw, has set the 2023 Spotify record for the Philippines’ most streamed local song in 24 hours. The group’s melodic single “Uhaw (Tayong Lahat)” even surpassed BLACKPINK’s “Shut Down” and Joji’s “Glimpse of Us” number of streams within a day in the Philippines, gaining global traction in Indonesia, United States and Australia.

The six-piece band from the north composed of the core duo of vocalist and lyricist Dilaw Obrero and guitarist Vie Viloria, drummer Tobi Samson, bassist Wayne Dela Rosa, guitarist Leon Altomonte and keyboardist En Altomonte is thrilled to reach a significant achievement together.

Spotify’s annual Premium holiday offer is here!

Back once again by popular demand! It’s the holiday offer that will help you listen to music like “Christmas in our Hearts” and “Pasko na Sinta ko” and “All I Want for Christmas” ad-free: it’s the global Spotify Premium holiday offer.

Beginning today, Spotify is offering the first three months for just ₱149 to eligible free users who subscribe for Premium through select mobile operators via the Spotify website - https://www.spotify.com/my-en/premium/. Alternatively, get three months free if you subscribe directly with a credit card on the Spotify website. Both offers are only available to those who have not subscribed to Spotify Premium before.

Discover Weekly Reaches Nearly 5 Billion Tracks Streamed Since Launch

Spotify, the world’s most popular music streaming service, shares that over 40 million users love Discover Weekly, with nearly 5 billion tracks streamed since it launched in June 2015

Updated every Monday morning, Discover Weekly gives users the best-ever music recommendations, tailored specifically to what users listen to, and delivered as a weekly mixtape of awesome, completely personalized music. Now everyone has a reason to look forward to Mondays!

Here’s a look at how Spotify users are keeping their listening fresh with Discover Weekly:

* More than half of all Discover Weekly listeners come back the following week.

* More than half of all Discover Weekly listeners stream at least 10 tracks from each week.

Say Hello to Spotify Fresh Finds

Following the success of Discover Weekly, the personalized playlist that brings you two hours of custom-made music recommendations every week, Spotify, the most popular music streaming service, provides another way for listeners to discover new music and expand their music taste.

Starting today, and updated every Wednesday, Fresh Finds surfaces the latest songs from undiscovered artists that are capturing the world’s interest before the tunes become widely known. Through a combination of man + machine, the playlists within Fresh Finds are automated curations of bound to break songs across five genres, powered by an analysis of Spotify tastemakers. Playlists include:

Happy Valentine’s Day from Spotify

Left it too late to buy a Valentine’s Day card this year? Spotify has the perfect solution. Today, Spotify launches Love Notes, a tool that lets anyone compile the perfect playlist for anyone you love, complete with a hidden message.

All music lovers have to do is visit spotify-valentines.com to get started. The site first gives the option to choose a romantic mood level, from light and flirty to steamy and committed.

Female Artists Motivate Runners To Go The Extra Mile on Spotify

* Female artists dominate running playlists on Spotify, from Queen Bey hits to classics from Missy Elliott and TLC·

* New survey shows that over 60% of runners report that music helps them run faster and longer

* Spotify Running users covered 55 million kilo meters in the past seven months, equal to running around the world 1,386 times

Spotify reveals the world’s most-streamed running songs of 2015. “Run the World (Girls)” by Beyonce led the pack, followed closely with “Chandelier” by Sia and “Uptown Funk” by Mark Ronson. In fact, 7 of the 10 top tracks come from female artists, ranging from current chart toppers to Missy Elliott and TLC.

Spotify reveals Spotlight on 2016 artists

Spotify’s annual list of future stars in the Philippines includes homegrown artists The Ransom Collective and Lunar Lights

Following Spotify’s announcement on the biggest artists of 2015 this week, the popular music streaming service is now looking ahead at the brightest stars of 2016, as Spotlight on 2016 artists is revealed.

Spotlight is Spotify’s annual list of the best new artists that Pinoy music fans may love in the year to come. The Spotlight on 2016 list for the Philippines features artists including Charlie Puth, Troye Sivan, The Ransom Collective, Lunar Lights and LunchMoney Lewis, all of which Spotify is tipping for greatness over the coming year.

#AlDub: Happily Ever After playlist now on Spotify

Spotify, the world’s most popular music streaming service, shares the newest addition to its Browse playlists, #AlDub: Happily Ever After!

Relive the #TamangPanahon feels last weekend with Alden, Yaya Dub and the Lolas’ favourite tunes. The #KiligPaMore-inducing playlist includes the ever famous entrance song of Lola Tidora, Mambo No. 5 by Lou Bega, Alden Richard’s Wish I May, and of course, the love bird’s theme song, God Gave Me You of Bryan White.

Want your own playlist? Spotify recommends with Discover Weekly

Spotify users can now enjoy a highly-intuitive feature that recommends music based on personal taste, and Globe customers get free access with a GoSURF subscription

Spotify continues to take the music streaming experience to the next level as it recently launched a new feature that generates a weekly playlist of recommended new tunes based on the type of music a user listens to in-app.

#MabuhaySpotify ! Spotify Now Available in the Philippines

Spotify, the world’s most popular music streaming service, launches today in the Philippines on mobile, tablet and desktop. Mabuhay! 

Available to all Filipinos today - Spotify gives you:

• An unbeatable music experience: listen to whatever music you want, whenever you want, on any device. Discover, organise and share. Offering amazing audio quality of up to 320kbps and with a brand new design, playing your favourite music never looked and felt this good.